Sunlight slants in through the study window, reaching the front page of today's newspaper on my coffee-stained desk. The headline story details the latest Auditor General's report. His report states that the socio-economic gap on reserves hasn't improved in the last two decades, and the gap in high-school graduation rates has actually widened.According to the reporter, things got a little nasty Monday afternoon at the Indigenous Affairs meeting as MPs grilled civil servants over the gap. One MP even warned, "heads need to roll if bureaucrats don't shape up on First Nations education." His warning becomes today's eye-catching headline.
sixth graders
in the windowless classroom
on the reserve
a new teacher talks about
thinking outside the box
Atlas Poetica, 36, 2019
